Game Report 310

IIHF U18 World Championship

PLAYED AT: ZS Spisska Nova Ves
Date: Apr 20, 2017
GAME NOTES: CANADA DOWNED IN QUARTER-FINALS AT U18 WORLDS JASON LA ROSE SPISSKA NOVA VES, Slovakia – Ian Scott (Calgary, Alta./Prince Albert, WHL) made 27 saves, but Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team had its run at the 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship come to an end with a 7-3 quarter-final loss to Sweden on Thursday. Matthew Strome (Mississauga, Ont./Hamilton, OHL), MacKenzie Entwistle (Georgetown, Ont./Hamilton, OHL) and Maxime Comtois (Longueuil, Que./Drummondville, QMJHL) scored for the Canadians, who missed out on the semifinals for the first time since 2010. A back-and-forth first period appeared to be headed to the intermission scoreless before Fabian Zetterlund jumped on a turnover in the Canadian zone and beat Scott with just three seconds left in the opening frame. Strome got that back two minutes into the second, banking a shot in off Swedish netminder Adam Ahman from behind the goal-line, but Oskar Back restored the Swedish lead midway through the period. After Jacob Olofsson beat Scott for a 3-1 advantage at 13:34, Entwistle wired a quick wrist shot past Ahman on the glove side just 64 seconds later to once again pull the Canadians within a goal. But Emil Bemstrom capitalized on a late-period power play, scoring with 22 ticks remaining to send the Scandinavians to the final frame with a two-goal lead. Canada needed a big period to keep its medal hopes alive, but instead found itself down 6-2 after Olofsson scored his second of the game at 4:20, and Erik Brannstrom beat Scott just over four minutes later. Comtois got one back for the Canadians with just under six minutes to go, jamming the puck past Ahman after a scramble in the Swedish crease, but Isac Lundestrom hit the empty net with 2:07 to go and Scott on the bench to clinch the win. Entwistle finished as Canada’s leading scorer, netting four goals and adding three assists in five games. He, Jett Woo (Winnipeg, Man./Moose Jaw, WHL) and Stelio Mattheos (Winnipeg, Man./Brandon, WHL) were named Canada’s top three players, as chosen by the Canadian coaching staff.

Visiting Team: Sweden

Home Team: Canada

SWEDEN LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Eriksson Ek, Olle
G	30	Ahman, Adam
	2	Westerlund, Filip
	3	Boqvist, Adam
	4	Brannstrom, Erik
	6	Liljegren, Timothy
	8	Sjalin, Calle
	9	Walfridsson, Sebastian
	10	Ginning, Adam
	11	Bäck, Oskar
	12	Elvenes, Lucas
	13	Gustafsson, David
	15	Hugg, Rickard
	16	Bemstrom, Emil
	18	Johansson, Anton
	20	Lundestrom, Isac
	21	Miketinac, Kalle
	23	Fjellstrom, Oliver
	25	Peterson, Jacob
	26	Zetterlund, Fabian
	27	Olofsson, Jacob
	28	Sylvegard, Marcus

SWEDEN PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
3rd	2	2:00	Roughing	9:17	1		9:17	11:17

CANADA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Scott, Ian
G	30	McGrath, Jacob
	2	Brook, Josh
	3	Mitchell, Ian
	4	Smith, Ty
	5	Chainey, Jocktan
	8	Woo, Jett
	9	Ratcliffe, Isaac
	10	Schnarr, Nate
	11	Anderson-Dolan, Jaret
	12	Mattheos, Stelio
	14	Comtois, Maxime
	15	Olson, Kyle
	16	Thomas, Akil
	18	Glass, Cody
	21	Dellandrea, Ty
	22	Studnicka, Jack
	23	Noël, David
	24	McIsaac, Jared
	26	Entwistle, MacKenzie
	27	Hawel, Liam
	28	Strome, Matthew

CANADA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	28	2:00	Tripping	19:04	1		19:04	19:38
3rd	15	2:00	High-Sticking	1:39	1		1:39	3:39
3rd	14	2:00	Roughing	9:17	1		9:17	11:17
3rd	4	2:00	Hooking	10:07	1		10:07	12:07

SWEDEN Goals

SWEDEN PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st